id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-290556-x7t7zqjd Middleton, Peter J Viruses that multiply in the gut and cause endemic and epidemic gastroenteritis 1996-08-31 .txt text/plain 3932 261 47 Objective: To nominate the various viral agents that cause enteritis, discuss the pathogenesis, clinical features, epidemiology and diagnostic procedures employed. Results: The viruses causing gastroenteritis include: Rotaviruses; Adenoviruses-especially Ad 31, Ad 40 and Ad 41; members of the Caliciviridae, e.g. Norwalk virus, Hawaii virus, Snow Mountain virus, Taunton virus, Southampton virus, Toronto virus (formerly mini-reovirus) and others; Astrovirus; Coronavirus; Torovirus; Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and possibly Picobirnavirus. Rotavirus eventually became established as the leading worldwide cause of serious viral enteritis in infants and young children. Antigens or virions that form the basis of these serological tests may be obtained by purification procedures on infected stools; by cell culture cultivation, e.g. adenovirus, rotavirus and, in the case of Norwalk virus (NV), by self-assembled recombinant NV (rNV) particles expressed in a baculovirus system (Jiang et al., 1990 (Jiang et al., , 1993 . Enteric viruses and diarrhea in HIV-infected patients ./cache/cord-290556-x7t7zqjd.txt ./txt/cord-290556-x7t7zqjd.txt